The Iola Mustangs lost against the Santa Fe Trail Chargers back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Iola received a tough blow as they fell 65-48 to Santa Fe Trail. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Iola in their matchups with Santa Fe Trail: they've now lost four in a row.
Cortland Carson and Landon Weide certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Carson scored 16 points along with four steals, while Weide scored 15 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. Carson has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Lucas Maier, who scored four points along with six rebounds.
Iola's defeat dropped their record down to 11-9. As for Santa Fe Trail, they pushed their record up to 12-8 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Iola will take on Heritage Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Heritage Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 last Tuesday. Santa Fe Trail does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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